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The Tennessee Giri's Foot.

From the Nashville American.
Our women said merchant on College
street have long been regarded as wearers OF small
shoes. Many OF them merit this assertion but we
sell as many No. shoes TO ladies as we do ones.
and rs many skies as we do twos The average size
Of The shoes worn by the women of Nashville is
about four and half"
other dealers placed the. average at from four 10
five. Another dealer said. 1--WE sell great many
Fights and mines TO ladies' When larger size is
wanted We give them aSnan's shoe. A man wears
ont his shoes about one-ihird fast the average
woman does, have oNen sold small numbers "a
persons who took them to other Scores and exohang
cd them for the proper size"
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Can only be preserved by keeping ths
scalp clean, cool, and free from dan.
druff, ard the body in healthfui
Condition. The great popul'rity of
Ayers Hair yigor is due to tina fact
that II cleanses tae scalp, promotes the
growth OF the hair. prevents it from
falling ont, and gives il that soft and
silky gloss 80 essential to perfect beauty.
Frederick Hardy, OF Rox bury, Mass,
Gentleman fifty years of age, was fas;
losing his hair, and what remained was
grow'ag gray. After trying various
d. .ssings with no effect, he commenced
she use Of Ayers Hair Vigor, at
stopped the falling ogt," he writes;
and, TO my great surprise, converted
my white hair (without staining the
scalp 70 Tie same sAe5s Of byosra IL
bad when was - wears ot age.
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Ncssrs, A. 7. SHALLENpHRGER n Co.
Rochester. Pa Gents.--The bottle Of
SballCnbcrCcr's Pills SEM me in February last
gave 20 W. G. Anderson, of this place; long
standing case O. chills and fever He had
tried everything knoVn without any pcrma-
nent good, In less ihau ten days after taking
your Autidate he was sound ana well, and has
gone through the entire season without any
return. Il seems 10 have effectually driven
the Malarious poison from his system.
lours truly. Y. a. ASDERsoN,
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Heavy Snowfall.

COLUMBUS, Miss. December 24.--It has been
showing here all the afternoon, the heaviest
snowfall ever seen in this section.
FORT WORTH. Texas, December Ore
ports from Pan Handle show that eight per-
sons were frozen to death tn Carson county
during the recent cold spell.
ALEXANDRIA,, La, December 24.-It has
been showing here all afternoon. In some
places the snow is from SIX to eight inches
deep, the heaviest snowfall in this section for
many years
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"Fire.proof Paper May be Made"

saws scientific exchange, from pulp, con-
sisting of one part vegetable fibre, two parts
asbestos. one-tenth part boraX, and one-iifth
part alum" 1t is pity that such facts as the
one following cannot be written, printed or
otherwise preserved, upon some sort OF indie
structible paper. ''NIy wife suffered seven
wears and was bed-ridden, too" said W. E.
Huestis, of Emporia, Kansas "a number Of
physicians fasled 10 help her" DIR. Pierce g
Golden Medical Discovery cured her" All
druggists sell this remedy. Everybody ought
to keep it. 1t only needs trial.
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REM d Generals 6hs R BsaSFssaf d
and Early who are in charge of the drawings, is
guarantee of absolute fairness and integrity, that
the chances are all equal and that no one can pos
sibly divine what number will draw the Prize.
GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
BANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets are
signed by the President of an Institution, whose
chartered rights are recognized in the highest
Courts; therefore, beware of any limitations or
anonymous schemes. sun wed wKy
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Stories of Suffering in the West Greatly
Exaggerated.

TOPEKA Kansas, December 24--It would
seem from every information obtained at this
point that the report of suffering in western
Kansas has been exaggerated. There have
actually been two deaths in Kansas and two in
Nebraska, and these have been reported to
make scare. Crops in western Kansas have
been poor and great majority of settlers have
been there but short time and are poor; but
they are not in a starving condition by any
means. A large portion are comfortably housed
chips for the winter, which will keep them
from suffering. The weather is moderating,
the thermometer ranging from forty to sixty
degrees above zero.
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Attention Singers!-If you wish to be in
perfect voice use DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Salvation Oil eradicates pain by quickly re
moving the cause. Druggists sell it at 25
cents.
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ALLCOOK'S POROUS pLAsTERs have
stood the test Of over thirty years use,
and have proved the best external remedy
extant. They are the only genuine por-
Gus plasters, and limitations are not only
lacking in tie elements which make
ALLC0CK'S so effectual, but are cf5en
harmful in their effects.
When purchasing plasters ask for
ALLC0OK'S and let no explanation or soli-
citation induce you to accept a substitute.
6ecl-sun wky top col or fol I'm
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of the month and the situation is now deplora-

of the month and the situation Is now deplora-
BILE.
The suffering is augmented by the fact that
food is almost as scarce as fuel. Many OF
the inhabitants are settlers who located claims
last summer and who are dependent on what
the railroads bring in The railroads are try
ing do all in their powerto relieve the distress,
but they are handicapped by scarcity of cars.
They have not enough to supply the urgent
demand for food, fuel and widespread distress
is inevitable unless the weather speedily mod
crates. The Santafe road has already an
nounced that it will ship free all supplies
which may be collected for Clark county.
THE WORST OF THE SEASON.
MINNEAPOLIS, December 21.-The storm
which started in yesterday, and still continues
furiously in Minnesota is by far the worst of
the season. The wind is strong and the snow
drifted badly. The storm was general in the
weather Sin Dakota and northwest territory,
the lowest point reached being 2So below zero
at Fort Assinahoine. At O'Clock yesterday,
It had stopped at all points in Dakota except
Bismarck, and was moving east.
THE BLIZZARD IN CHICAGO,
CHICAGO, December 21.-The rain, mud and
slush which yesterday afternoon made life in
Chicago burden, gave place during the night
TO cold wave from the northwest. 1t came
with rush and inside of twelve hours there
was drop of $50 in temperature. The signal
service reports the thermometer at 80 above
in the early morning hours at 6 O'Clock it was
10o above, but. though at 10 O'Clock the sun
shone brightly, the rays had but slight
warming effect. AT o'clock this morning
Fort Tolten, Dakota, reported the temporal
ture at 20o below at Denver it was 14o below,
and at Montrose zoe below. Away down at
Fort Davis, Texas, the inhabitants were reyel-
ling in the novel luxury of q snow storm: and
at San Francisco the Thermometer stood at
go above.
SUFFERING IN TEXAS.
GALVESTON, Tex, December 21.-Specials
to the News from all important points in
Texas report very cold weather from this sec
ton. Ice formed here last night and also at
Corpus Christi, Brownsville and Rio Grande
City. In northern Texas the weather is very
severe and snow has fallen at many points. II
is too early yet to ascertain the extent OF suffer-
ing and loss to the cattle aud sheep interests
but if the severe weather continues IN any day,
it will be very great,
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2179 Prizes, amounting to................ Ss5 00o
Application for rates to clubs should be made onIv
OF the Office Of the Company in New Orleans
For further information write clearly giving full
address POSTAL NOTES, Express Money
Orders or New York Exchange in ordinary letter
Currency by Express lat our EXPENSE addressed
NJ. a. DACPRIE,
New Orleans, La,
Washington, ID. c.
Address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
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d. WIN LIST CONSTITUTION one year
SIO get s sSaans s FsaT one yea.
~ Christmas box.
This is more for Sl55 than offered II gets
you two splendid papers one year and may ge, YOU
$500 in gold. Don't YOU fail TO invest 81 Is Only
ten days OF this offer left Send Immediately
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Ten Years Younger.

Mrs. Mary Montgomery, Of Boston,
writes: " For years, was compelled
to wear a dress cap TO conceal bald
spet on the crown of my head bui now
I gladly lay the cap aside. for your Hair
Wager IS bringing oai q new growth.
roulA hardly trsst NY senses when I
frss found Jny hair owing bat there
At is, and ] am delighted look ten
pears ron ger"
= s-allay resu,i attended the use Of
~ rs Eas Ngog by Mgs O. O Pres
csit. at ..Rg. tss1un, Mass, Miss BESSIE
II. Be5los, q Ba-..7stea, VI. Mrs. 81.
s,srs1a. .! BaasoE. Ne, and numerous
Others.
tt loss ot haiT may b. owing 10 In
purity u ,he N.cot ~ Gcr&1se .neai az
he fo:EacS ami liver in which case,
q coarse cl Ayers SarsapariIIa or ..
AVE. pills, in connection with the
S'2oT, rGGy be necessary 10 give health
~ / tone 10 all tie functions az tho
boy. At tlc same time, il cannot be
too strongly urged that none OF these
remedies can do much good without
q pogTeHeying trial and strict attention
TO clearly and temperate habits
Ayers Hair vigOr,
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commissioners,
We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will nav
all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State 10y ~ ny
which may be presented at our counters
j. 81. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Naty Roma,
PIERRE LANAUX, Pres. State Natl Rank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Natl Bank.
CARL KOHN, Pres. Union National Ramk
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A Word Alone.

Five minutes private personal en-
treaty will often accomplish more in
winning souls to Christ than five
months public preaching. Close &C.
tion is effective. A pistol at a mans
breast is more dangerous to him than
a hundred cannon laundering at him
two miles away. The preaching may
mean any one or no one in the crowd !;
but when you talk to me you mean
me. David might have listened calm
ly to long eXhortations and pious coun-
sells without number, but Nathau's
''Thou art the man !" cut him to the
heart, and brought him to his knees.
Preaching often runs all around
men, and all over them, like a bucket
of water sprinkled over pile of cork
ed bottles. Personal effort uncorks
the bottles one by one, puts in fun
mel, and pours them full of water.
but do not know how to talk to
people personally about Christ AID
salvation" Then learn. Confessed
ignorance is a good preparation for
learning. How will Il man know any
thing unless he is taught? You ca1
talk to people about rain, sunshine,
crops, weather, fashions, fires, and the
news Of the day-"out of the abnn-
dance of the heart the mouth speak
eth"-why rot read Gods word, pray
for His Spirit, and pour out that when
it burns within?
Study your own heart. Know your
self, and you will know others. Talk
to others as you used to wish some
Christian to talk to you. Seek Gods
directions. Speak when He gives the
word, and wait and pray till it comes.
Do not talk when you have nothing to
say, nor bore people with endless ex-
hortations and dry disputes. Observe,
think, pray, and act.
Eyes, but it is such a cross J! All,
you do knoaU hoa0 to do it, but are not
willing to ty. Well, the rod is heavier
still, and the rod may yet make you
love the cross. You must learn to
bear the cross, if you would be Christs
disciple. A word spoken for Jesus
may cost you Il momentary struggle,
but it may also win Il soul TO God, and
open to you 4 well-spring Of joy. Try
it'll L. Hastings.
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Sherif's Sale.

II. NJ. Spikes against Jno. R. Tolbert-Exe
cution.
PY virtue of an execution to me directed, In
ID the above stated case, will sell to the
highest bidder, at public auction, at Abbeville
Court House, on Monday the seventh day o
November, 1887, all the right, title and inter
est OF Jno r. Tolbert in the following describ
ed property, to wit: All those tracts and par
cells of land, situate, lying and being In the
County of Abbeville, State of South Carolina,
10 wit: Tract No. l, containing
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE
1859 ACRES,
more or less, bounded by lands of ]. A. Part
low, P. B. Brooks, the Laurens lands and 9TH
ers. Tract No. 2, containing
FOUR HUNDRED ACRES,
more or less, bounded by P. B. Brooks, Leroy
Lee, A. McNeill and others.
Tract No. 3, containing
TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE
ACRES,
more or less, bounded by T. A. Watson, d. j.
Tolbert, Mrs. Whitlock and others. Levied
on and to be sold as the property of Jno r.
Tolbert, to satisfy the aforesaid execution and
COSTS.
j. +. c. DUPRE,
Sheriff Abbeville County.
Oct 10, 1857 1t
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Unselfsh.

1t is generally admitted that the
tendency Of invalidism is to make q
person selfish, but beautiful excep-
tion appears in the following case, TAX
ell from the Open Window, magazine
devoted 10 the interests of the Shut-in
Society:
In her shadowy sick room I found a
patient sufferer lying alone. Itwas an
hour wheh her son could be away
rom his business and with her, and all
the week she waited this time of en-
Joymcnt of his society and for the
comfort of his presence.
But where is Henry?" I asked,
looking about the chamber.
~ sent him away" said the mother,
with smile.
sent him away, when you have
waited all the week to have him with
you?" = =.
Yes" she answered, gently. "sun-
day is his only free day, you know,
and he has SO little sunshine and fresh
air that l thought walk would do
him good" ..-..... 80. n
But | am almost surprised that he
should be willing to go,h answered.
in disappointed tone, for this sweet
invalid had so many lonely hours that
l coveted for her the delight she had
so unhesitatingly put aside. ,ss..f -.
"He would have stayed,u she an.
ewered gently. HE is always willing
to stay; but Mrs. Hunt sent me such
a delicious mold of jelly that wanted
old Hetty Grant to have some of it, 80
L persuaded Henry to take it to herr
"Yes, understand; two birds with
one stone. Old Hetty Grant and the
boy must both he made happy, but
how about yourself? I confess I want
ed you to be happy to-day" and I
touched the pale cheeks playfully, sur
prised to SEE her eyes slowly filling
with tears.
"But you mustn't make me selfish,
DEAR" she said in q voice that tried to
be CHEEKY. "The fact is, know COM
plants are hard for anyone who is
young and strong to hear, and Henry
is young and strong, and I must not
complain before him. 1t isn't that he
does not feel for me-; he feels too
much. He feels helpless and perplex-
ed, and, of course, he does not know
one thing to do to help, and sometimes
liz SoSo away udil NcASu, anu Will u
feeling that is anything but submits
sive to God. When this happens, I
fear that my illness is becoming q
harm instead of blessing to him, as
of course 1 want it to be-"
"And so you send him away when
you suffer-" y.
Yes and partly for that reason I
sent him away to-day. My head was
so full of pain that I could not bear
the light, neither could I bear to shut
him up here in the shadows. Then I
want his recollection of me to be sweet
after I am gone, not painful, and how
can it be SO if he sees all have to
bear?" .
And so the dear soul was bearing her
own physical distress, and making at
the same time the effort to conceal it,
that the one dearest to her might not
be saddened by her pain.
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VOLUME XXXII. NO. %.
Journey of Life.

No one passes through the journey
Of this life, though it be but of moder-
ate length, without losing kindred and
friends by death, whom lie teuderly
loved when living, and continues TO
love long after they are gone. If one
lives to an advanced age, he usually
has a far greater number of such
friends in the next world than he has
in this. Death sweeps them away,
and sometimes lie is left almost alone
in respect to the cherished companion
ships of his earthly life. To these
loved ones dead he can render no SER
vice, and, so far as we know, from
them receive none. He may think of
them, but he can do nothing for them.
They are entirely beyond the reach of
his action. He can speak no kind
word to them, and give them no good
advice. He can make no sacrifices to
promote their joys. The lesson to be
learned from this fact is that we
should act toward our kindred and
friends while they are Lying, as we, if
surviving them, will wish we had act
ed when they are sleeping in the
grave. Let the husband and the wife
SO treat each other, while they hold
this relation, that the death Of neither
will give the other any occasion for re-
gret on occount of misconduct. Let
parents and children, brothers and sis
terS, friends Intimately associated, and
indeed, all men, observe the same rule,
and this certainly would be q much
happier world. The rule would lessen
the number of family quarrels, and
make life more serene and more like
heaven. Fewer hard speeches would
pass between men. Gentleness and
kindness would be the law of human
action. We once heard man who
had just lost most excellent wife say {:
II am now sincerely sorry for every
unkind word I ever spoke to that wo-
man. | wish could tell her so, and
in some way receive from her the eX-
preston of her forgiveness. l would
give $4,000 if I could thereby blot out
all such words" We have no doubt
that just this sort Of feeling has pene-
trated many bosom. The way to
avoid it is so to act toward others that
there will be no occasion for it when
they are dead and gone.
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State Regulated Vice for the British
Army.
BY JOSIAH w. LEEDS.

At a large meeting, lately held in
Exeter Hall, London, some humiliat-
ing revelations were made regarding
the Contagious Diseases Acts. The
act Of repeal of those Infamous il; ws
affects Great Britain only, and not her
numerous and populous dependencies.
The editor of the Methodist Times of
London, after speaking of the British
governmental provisions, relative to
licensing brothel-keepers, operative in
Hong Kong, China, and in those parts
of India where British troops are sta
toned, referred to map on the walls
of The hall of part of the city of Ma
dras, showing the Contagious Diseases
Hospital surrounded by church build
ings and mission houses of many de-
nominations. He was ashamed to say
that many Hindoo and Parsee gentle
men. of other faiths than their own,
were on the platform to protest against
this system, and in Exeter Hall, Of all
places, to rebuke a Christian country.
Could it be true, he asked, that with
in twenty-four hours after our troops
arrived in Cairo, orders were issued to
the sheikhs Of the native quarters to
provide prostitutes for the army, and
that in Birmah q small committee of
general officers had actually fixed the
charges which the brothel-keepers
might make? Cries of shame greeted
these remarks, as did those made by
Josephine Butler, when she narrated
the pitiful incident which happened
at Hong Kong, when two women,
fleeing from the British inspector over
the fiat roofs of the houses, fell over
into granite-paved yard, one being
killed on the spot and the other dying
three days after. 'These women"
said the thoroughly in earnest, plain
speaking narrator, "were thus hound
ed to death by blood-hounds paid by
the Queen. She felt for those as for
the women of her own country. Hin
docs, Chinese, Fijians, they were all
women, made like men in the image
of God, and they had no right to tram
pie them in The dust by this institu-
ton of State-:egulated murder"
Alas, for the wars of the Queen, and
these her armies! What paans of
peace might have arisen in this jubi-
lee year of Victoria. had she faithfully
and persistently followed the presage
of good will and amity pronounced by
Sydney Smith at the ceremony of his
young sovereign's coronation.
PHILADELPHIA, 7th Mo-, 1887.
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Boarding in the Country.

Country board is much sought for at
this season Of the year for few
weeks. Many times the want of tact
manifested by both the contracting
parties is absolutely remarkable. The
large hearted farmers wife, who has
such an abundance of eggs, milk,
cream and butter, is apt to make mis-
take in her charges for family. Eli
ther she asks too much for her accom-
mediation, and the boarders are disap-
pointed, or she charges too small an
amount and is herself disappointed
and loser to greater or less degree
pecuniarily.
Children unaccustomed to the free
dom of country life forget that all
these fresh luxuries, to them, are a
source of income and are apt 10 be de-
structive of hens nests, etc., etc. City
people do not care for the fancy cook
ing of which they have enough in
their own homes: but given plenty OF
fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, etc., well
cooked and neatly served, you general
ly find your boarders gratiiied and the
experiment success. But remember
that your boarders will not probably
desire to partake of your home life in
its detail, and do not feel offended if
they hold aloof from it.
BY way of illustration, friends went
into the country to board with a fami-
ly who were quite musical. 1t was q
lovely house, beautiful scenery. plenty
of eggs and milk, but no one knew
how to make bread or coffee which
was palatable. In reply to some re-
marks of boarder the lady said:
"We consider it worth good deal to
be in such a musical family as ours,
and to have such beautiful views as we
have here"
"But madam, we did not come here
for those things. My family can not
live on sweet sounds, or pretty seen
cry, and I shall not pay for that"
Of course they never went there
again.
Another family took boarders. The
lady was all that was refined and cul-
tured, her husband man who ought
to have known better, but he was Que
of the men who, if he had been asked
Are those your own teeth ?" would
simply have said as one person did, ~
guess you would think so if you should
see the bill I paid for them" Conse-
quently. by right of ownership, or
some other reason, he placed those
teeth on the mantle shelf in full view
of the family before every meal. The
refined city boarders couldn't endure
that. and why should they? Yet the
little refined wife of this man was
grieved because they objected to the
Unnecessary display.